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Last Supper study shows portion size history

By Jess Halliday

A new study by an obesity expert and a religious studies professor has found evidence that meal sizes have increased by almost 70 per cent in the last 1000 years – by analysing paintings of the Last Supper.

Inquiry into dairy collapse sets out vision for stronger co-ops

By Guy Montague-Jones

A UK parliamentary inquiry has outlined ways to strengthen agricultural co-ops after concluding that the Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFB) sowed the seeds of its eventual collapse by spending too much for tired processing assets.